WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress < 4.12.1 - Author+ Stored XSS via Form Response Messages

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the form response message post meta fields (e.g., 'text_subscribed', 'text_error') due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.12.1

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Osvaldo Noe Gonzalez Del Rio (Os)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-21 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-08-24 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-24 (about 1 month ago)

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